Prof. Pannalal Dasgupta (aka “Panna-da” or “PD”), one of the “founding fathers” of the Department of Computer Science at IIT Kharagpur, passed away on August 3. He was with his son (Prof. Pallab Dasgupta, who is currently a prof. at IIT KGP) and his family - who took excellent care of him over a long period of infirmity.